Radio Shack 25-3053 manual

Owner’s Manual Please re ad before u sing this equipm ent. USB Flatbed Color Scanner[...]

2 Features ˆ Features Your RadioSh ack USB Fla tbed Color Scan - ner is de signe d for noteboo k or deskt op PCs that have a unive rsal serial bus (USB) port . You can use t he scan ner to qui ckly sc an docume nts and photo graphs i n co lor, g ray- scale, or black- and-whit e at up to 15 pag es per m inut e. Th en, y ou ca n us e the soft ware s[...]

3 Features SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Before co nnecti ng the sc anner, be s ure your comput er is an IBM     PC or compati ble, run- ning Wi ndows 2 000, Wind ows ME, or Win- dows 98 or later, with a VGA or SVGA monitor , and ha ving all of the followi ng: • CD-RO M dr iv e • one a v aila b le USB port • at le ast 32 MB RAM • at least[...]

4 Features MONITOR REQUIREMENTS To use the sc anner wi th your co mpute r’s monitor , set th e monito r to Hi gh Color (16- bit) or Tru e Col or (24- or 32 -bit ). The n set your mo nitor re solution to at least 800 × 600 DPI. To set yo ur moni tor' s colors an d resol utio n, open the Wind ows Contr ol Pane l, dou ble- click Display , then[...]

5 Important Safety Instructions ˆ Important Safety Instructions 1. Read In structions — All the s afety and operat ing inst ruction s should be read befor e the produ ct is operated. 2. Retain Instruc tions — The safety and operat ing inst ruction s should be retained for future re ference. 3. Heed Warnings — A ll warnin gs on the produ ct a[...]

6 A Quick Look At Your Scanner ˆ A Quick Look At Y our Scanner E-MAIL — Displays the scanned object in a new e-mail message in your e-mail application. SCAN — Disp lays the scanned object in a PageManager window. STOP/CANCE L — Cancels a scan in progress. CUSTOM — Lets you assign a function. OCR — Converts scanned text to a Windows Notep[...]

7 Preparation ˆ Preparation We re commend you conn ect only one scan- ner to your co mputer at a time. Conn ecting two or m ore fast US B devi ces (suc h as CD - ROMs, CD rewriters, scanners, printers or hard disk dri ves) at t he same time deg rades the perfo rmanc e. LOCKING/UNLOCKING THE SCANNER Your sca nner ha s a lock ing me chanism to prot [...]

8 Preparation print a copy direct ly from yo ur hard drive to your pr inter. To read the guid e, click Start , Programs , Presto! PageM anager , then PageMana ger User’s Ma nual . You do not ne ed to turn off the computer be - fore conne cting or discon necting yo ur scan - ner. 1. T urn on your com puter and s tart the install ed Windo ws operat[...]

9 Operation ˆ Operation You can operate the scan ner direct ly by us- ing the b utto ns on the fron t of t he s c ann er, o r from your com puter by using the suppl ied PageMan ager softwa re. Note: You must install the sup plied PageMan ager softw are to u se the scanner , even if you do not us e Page Mana ger to con- trol the s canner’s opera [...]

10 Operation 6. From the File menu, click Acquire . The USB Scanner dialog box app ears, let - ting yo u previ ew the s canned i mage. 7. Make any a djustmen ts, th en clic k Scan to scan the final image. 8. Adjust th e desi red scann er settings as follows. Scan Page For — These op tions are optimiz ed fo r the va rious uses o f scanne d image s[...]

11 Operation • Mode — Clic k the d rop-down arrow and ch oose Tru e Col or , Graysc ale , or Black-and-White . • Res — This is the resolutio n sett ing for t he sc an in dots- per- inch (DPI ). The high er the DPI, the sh arper the image. However , higher DPI settin gs also p roduce larger files. U sually the higher res olu tio n s ett ing [...]

12 Operation • (Contrast) — Drag t he sl i der to the left or right to ad just the contrast of the s canned i mage. • (Gamma) — Gamma c orrec- tion allow s you to ac hieve pre- cise col or matchi ng. Beca use the compute r cann ot alwa ys tra nsmit the exact co lor informati on to the hardware , you might ha ve to make some color a djust me[...]

13 Operation Note: If a b utton is not pre-con figured (fo r exampl e, if yo ur compu ter doe s not hav e fax software i nstalled s o FA X cannot be pr e- configu red), a d ialog bo x appe ars to rem ind you to c onfigur e that butt on man ually. Fo llow the step s in “Changing a Scanner Bu tton’s Settings ” to con figure the button . You can[...]

14 Troubleshooting ˆ T rou bleshootin g If yo ur scanne r is not work ing as it shoul d, these s uggestio ns mi ght help y ou elimi nate th e probl em. If the scan ner still does n ot ope rate prop erly, take i t to yo ur loca l Ra dioSha ck st ore for assist ance . CARE Keep the s canner dry; if it gets wet, wipe i t dry i mmediat ely. Us e and s[...]

15 Specifications ˆ Specifications Bit De pth ....... .... ...... .... ....... .... ...... .... ....... .... ...... .... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... ...... .... ...... .... 48-Bit Color (24-bit output) 16-Bi t Gr ayscale ....... .... ....... .... ...... .... ..... .. .... .. .... ....... .... ...... .... .... ... .... .. .... ...... ..... .....[...]

25-3053 08A01 Printed in China Radio Shac k C orpo rati on Fort Worth, Texas 76 102 Limited Ninet y-Day W arranty This product is w arranted by R adioSha ck against ma nufacturi ng defects in material and workma nship under normal use for ninet y (90) days from the date of purchase from Ra dioShack company- ow ned sto res and authorized RadioShack [...]